Bangladesh gets its first batch of uranium

• Bangladesh received the first uranium delivery for its Russia-backed nuclear plant, a project aimed at bolstering its overstretched energy grid but complicated by sanctions on Moscow.

Nuclear energy

• It is the energy in the nucleus, or core, of an atom.
• Nuclear energy can be used to create electricity, but it must first be released from the atom.
• In the process of nuclear fission, atoms are split to release that energy.
• A nuclear reactor, or power plant, is a series of machines that can control nuclear fission to produce electricity.
• The fuel that nuclear reactors use to produce nuclear fission is pellets of the element uranium.
• In a nuclear reactor, atoms of uranium are forced to break apart.
• As they split, the atoms release tiny particles called fission products.
• Fission products cause other uranium atoms to split, starting a chain reaction. The energy released from this chain reaction creates heat

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

• It is commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology,
• Objective: to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament
• Four UN member states have never accepted the NPT
• Three of which possess or are thought to possess nuclear weapons:India, Israel, and Pakistan.
• In addition, South Sudan, founded in 2011, has not joined.

Prelims Takeaway

• The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• Nuclear energy